From the EQ2 Forums:
The US and EU EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on Tuesday, August 6 at 5:30AM PDT (8:30am EDT, 13:30 BST, 14:30 CET, 10:30pm AEST) for an update. The expected downtime is one hour. Guk, Everfrost, Butcherblock, Crushbone, Permafrost, and Oasis will require an additional two hours of downtime.
and here are those update notes:
CHARACTER ACHIEVEMENT TEMPLATES
- Basic Leveling Profiles now include Tradeskill Prestige points.
- Players can now purchase AA points as they are gained in ‘View’ mode, versus always having to build and commit a profile.
POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
Arena of the Gods
- Spirits spawned during the Drinal encounter should now despawn when Drinal is defeated.
Fabled Scornfeather’s Roost
- Fabled drops are much easier to get from Ibtinaya the Scorned.
- Various mobs now see stealth and invis in the zone including named NPCs.
The Fabled Clefts of Rujark
- Various mobs now see stealth and invis in the zone including named NPCs.
PLAYER HOUSING
- You may now pay upkeep when using the Portal to Housing Guild Hall amenity. (Ed Note: Woot!)
ITEMS
- You should no longer occasionally lose your mount buff when exiting combat in dungeons.
- Disruption skill has been added to the [eq2u]Necklace of Searing Radiance[/eq2u].
- The proc on the [eq2u]Ancient Orange Soulstone[/eq2u] now has an internal cooldown of 5 seconds. The effect now has reduced effectiveness in PVP combat.
DUNGEON MAKER
- The ‘Leave Dungeon’ button will now properly port you out of a dungeon.
QUESTS
- Waves of Norrath: Quest will now more reliably update group members on stage completion.
- Waters of Norrath: If a mercenary performs the killing blow on the Portal of Fear, it will now update the quest appropriately.
- The angry water spirits in Waters of Norrath should now reset correctly if they are abandoned.
- Quests that update in Kunzar Jungle should now have ROIs.
- Rune Shimmerstar now updates “Unraveling the Bloodsaber Plots” for evil characters.
LIVE EVENTS
Tinkerfest
- The tinkered Taskmaster adds should be easier to separate from their leader.
- If you are in Klak’Anon: Redd’s Request without the quest, The Reticent Tinkerer, you will now zone to Steamfont.
The proc on the Ancient Orange Soulstone now has an internal cooldown of 5 seconds.
Really?? seriously…
sweet, maybe my mount buff wont drop every time i die anymore.
Another one that according to the GM should be on there that isn’t.
You should no longer find the daily impossible to complete.
(Ergo in my case I stop getting updates for whatever goal is about to finish the daily ie. Need 2 writs, they stop counting when it gets to 1/2 if that’s the second thing.)
STORM server: 3hours downtime announced in the message of the day